WAUSAU - Playoff hockey looks like it's in full swing across the Northwoods.

One of the teams that's still fighting is the Northland Pines girls team.

They beat GNC rival Northern Edge last Tuesday 5-2.

That set up another meeting between the Eagles and the Central Wisconsin Storm this afternoon.

Coaches say it should be a good matchup thanks to a deep player rotation.

"That's the way we play, and I know that's the way the Storm plays," says head coach Patrick Schmidt. "They've never changed their game. That's why it's always been such a huge rivalry for us because it's always two really good teams going head to head."

The Eagles are looking forward to the competition, but coaches say there's only one message for them going forward.

"When it comes down to it, it's a sport," says Schmidt. "That's all it is. It's a sport that teaches some unbelievable life lessons. There's not NHL scouts in the stands. For the most part, it's such a small part of the girls' life that we try to make it as enjoyable as humanly possible."

So with that let's jump right into Saturday's playoff action.

Pines on the defensive here.

Central Wisconsin's Katelynn Schilling puts up the early shot.

Jenna Paez puts down the hammer, but she couldn't do it twice.

Eagles trying to clear it, but Schilling's got it again.

She'll swoop around the goal, and she'll sneak it right past Paez for the first score of the game.

Eagles now on the attack.

Flying down to the goal.

Cali Sanborn has it on the boards.

They're in a perfect spot for a pass and shoot.

That's just what they do, but Allison Sauvola can't get the one-timer to go.

Still 1-0 at this point.

Later in the first period.

The Storm win the drop, and they get the shot off so quick I couldn't even catch up with it on camera, but they score their second goal of the day.

STEVENS POINT - You'll see plenty of gifted high school basketball court players if you go to game in Stevens Point.

According to recruiting sites, Stevens Point has the number one and two rated juniors in the state.

Recruiting sites call, Sam Hauser, the top junior basketball player in Wisconsin. He's received scholarship offers from division one schools like Marquette. His teammate and the second rated junior is, Trevor Anderson. He's received offers from Drake and other division one programs. But their rankings aren't the talk of the team.

"I hope they don't feel a bunch of pressure on it," Head Coach Scott Anderson said. "We don't talk about it. I don't think I've had a conversation about it with either one of them about their ranking. They've never brought it up to me."

GREEN BAY - Green Bay Packers Head Coach Mike McCarthy finally held his long-delayed season-ending press conference Wednesday, a full 10 days after the team's heartbreaking loss to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship Game.

MILWAUKEE - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says the state will help the Milwaukee Bucks pay for a new basketball arena with $220 million in bonds that would be paid for by projected growth in income taxes from NBA players.

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